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CASTOR

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CRAMP TWINS

The Cramp Twins is an English animated television show based upon the graphic comic novels by Brian Wood written in 1995 and 1997 and published by Bloomsbury Publishing about two ten-year old, very different twin boys - Lucien, a nature loving, inoffensive and helpful geek and Wayne, a vicious, junk-loving bully, Cramp, who live with their easy going, hen-pecked salesman father and their housework loving, clean-aholic mother.
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GEMINI

Gemini, the Twins, is the third sign of the zodiac, so named from its two brightest stars, Castor, of the first magnitude, farthest to the west, and Pollux, of the second, fartliest to the east. Its constituent stars form a binary system revolving in about 250 years. The sun is in Gemini from about the 21st May until about the 21st June, or the longest day.
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POLLUX

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TWINS

Twins is the name applied for two human bodies produced at a birth. Twins may be identical which often occurs as a result of a single ovum, or different in the case of multiple ova being fertilised.
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ZODIAC

The zodiac was the name given by the ancient Greeks to the heavens. It was an imaginary belt in the celestial sphere, extending about 80 degrees on either side of the ecliptic, the apparent path of the Sun among the stars. The width of the zodiac was determined originally so as to include the orbits of the Sun and Moon and of the five planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn) that were known to the people of ancient times.

The zodiac is divided into 12 sections of 300 degrees each, which are called the signs of the zodiac. Starting with the vernal equinox and then proceeding eastward along the ecliptic, each of the divisions is named for the constellation situated within its limits in the second century BC. The names of the zodiacal signs are Aries, the Ram; Taurus, the Bull; Gemini, the Twins; Cancer, the Crab; Leo, the Lion; Virgo, the Virgin; Libra, the Balance; Scorpio, the Scorpion; Sagittarius, the Archer; Capricorn, the Goat; Aquarius, the Water Bearer; and Pisces, the Fish. Because of the precession of the equinoxes about the ecliptic, a 26,000-year cycle, the first point of Aries retrogrades about 10 degrees in 70 years, so that the sign Aries today lies in the constellation Pisces. In about 24,000 years, when the retrogression will have completed the entire circuit of 3600, the zodiacal signs and constellations will again coincide.

It is believed that the zodiacal signs originated in Mesopotamia as early as 2000 BC . The Greeks adopted the symbols from the Babylonians and passed them on to the other ancient civilisations. The Egyptians assigned other names and symbols to the zodiacal divisions. The Chinese also adopted the 12-fold division, but called the signs rat, ox, tiger, hare, dragon, serpent, horse, sheep, monkey, hen, dog, and pig. Independently, the Aztec Indians devised a similar system.
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ELEPHANT

The elephant is the two surviving species of the order proboscidea, the African elephant (Loxodonta) and the Asian elephant (Elephas) which are both very similar, except that the African elephant is generally slightly larger and has very large ears. The African elephant also differs from the Asian elephant in having a roughened trunk with two processes instead of one at the end, three rather than four nails on the hind foot, coarser molars with thicker enamel, a more convex forehead and relatively larger eyes.

Behaviourally the two species are very similar, except that the African elephant generally sleeps standing up. Perhaps the most striking feature of the elephants is the long prehensile trunk formed from the nose and upper lip. The trunk contains nasal passages and nostrils at the tip. Elephants are gregarious animals, travelling in herds of up to 100 animals, and inhabiting forests and grassy plains where they eat only plant matter, the African elephant rarely eating grass but preferring leaves, fruit and the inner bark of some trees. Elephants start breeding when about 15 or twenty years old, but are not fully grown until they are 25 and live to about 50 years of age. The gestation period is 20 months, and a single young or very rarely twins, is born with a cow giving birth to four or five young during her life.
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SUFFOLK DOWN

The Suffolk Down is a large and heavy breed of English sheep with a black head and no horns. It is notable for producing many twins.
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WALDSCHAF

The Waldschaf sheep of Germany is a member of the dual-coated landrace. A direct descendent of the Bavarian Zaupelschaf, it is a very old breed that used to be wide spread. It is a small, robust, and frugal landrace, with a calm disposition, high fecundity, and a non-seasonal breeding cycle. It can be bred twice a year and twins are the norm. The breed has delicate limbs and hard hoofs. The head is straight, but can be slightly curved on the ram. Ears stick out sideways or hang slightly.
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FRANK MITCHELL

Frank Mitchell (nicknamed 'The Mad Axeman') was a British gangster. He was born in 1933 and died in 1967. A member of the Kray twin's criminal gang. In 1955 he was certified insane and sent to Rampton high security mental hospital. He escaped in 1957 and while on the run conducted a burglary, assaulting the home owner. Captured he was sent to Broadmoor high security hospital. He again escaped and again assaulted a couple while burgling their house, he claimed to prove he was sane. In 1966 he was kidnapped while in prison on the orders of the Kray twins and subsequently executed by them, being shot in the head in the back of a van.
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